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Convenience stores are ubiquitous around the Valley and other communities. So whether you need a frozen drink, a hot dog or a tank of gas, you’re in luck. But they typically don’t have any attachment to Arizona’s culture or history.

The federal government says it will allow one of the nation's largest for-profit college companies to be sold if the new owners put up $385 million as insurance and agree not to increase enrollment, among other requirements.

Arizona law allows individuals to order blood tests from a licensed clinical laboratory without a doctor's request. Direct access testing was approved last year after being heavily supported by one blood testing company that is now facing multiple lawsuits, leaving other blood testing companies in the state to pick up the slack.

There is already an infrastructure in place to identify immigrants in the criminal justice system who might be deportable. But efforts to accelerate and increase deportations will partially depend on local cooperation, which was an obstacle for the Obama administration.

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